Will be back to posting this upcoming week!

Sorry for my absence,
Due to the sudden death of one of dearest friends husband. I have not been able to post. I have taken to being at her side, to help with her children and all that comes with passing of a loved one.

Remember to bring the ones you love and all who are close to you, tell them you love them. Hug them kiss them!  Don't let that moment pass to forgive or do something you've always wanted to do. Because as we have been reminded all too well these last weeks tomorrow is not promised.
 Live Laugh LOVE on this journey of Life my friends.
Be Blessed
Terri

Partner's Statue Walt Disney World

Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

on Main Street

This sculpture was created by Disney sculptor Blaine Gibson and dedicated in 1993

Walt is pointing to a statue down main street of his brother Roy and Minnie which is in Town Square 

 Walt's expression on his face was to reflect the joy as he watched his guest enjoy his them parks.

The initials on Walt's tie are SRT which stands for  Smoke Tree Ranch which references one of Walt's vacation homes.

On Walt's Right Ring finger is a Claddagh ring.  There are many speculations on why Walt wore the ring, but for me, I choose to believe he wore it for his wife.

Disney's Gaston's Tavern

Gaston's Tavern

Fantasy Land Walt Disney World

The tavern is a counter service restaurant which offers a few menu items. They include Hummus and Chips, Mixed Fruit, Mix Veggies, Cinnimon Roll,  Pork Shank and one of the most popular is the Non Alcoholic LeFou's Brew 

The brew comes in apple and fruit mango frozen slushy with a marshmallow foam flavor. The foam on the top give is the "Brew like look". 

 

 Keep Gaston's in mind for a quick snack or sweet fun drink. Fun and cool place cool off for a few minutes during the day.  Enjoy all that the Imagineers have created for the guests from Beauty and the Beast.

New Tangled area in WDW ~Charging Stations and Restrooms

                                     The Tangled area of Fantasy Land has so many things to offer guest!

For the fans of Tangled, the tower of Rapunzel is just out of reach on the waterfall above. It is located where the former Skyway was and where Snow White's meet and greet once was located.

 Disney has added a charging station in this "Rest Area" there are plugs for your phones, there are no USB chargers here yet. However the Cast Members in that area said there are plans to add them in the near future due to high volume of request.  There is no charge to use the charging station.

This area guest are encouraged to hunt for Pascal, Flynn's bag, and Maximus's shoe prints, and frying pans throughout the area.  The Imagineers put a great deal of details into the new Tangled area. Do take time to explore here, I believe you will be pleasantly surprise.  If you have little ones they will have a blast looking for Pascal.

                                 

 The lights are beautiful during the day or night.

Quick Peek into Disney's Snow White's Seven Dwarf mine train ride

In Disney's new Fantasy Land a new roller coaster opening spring. 2014

This ride will be a smooth rail roller coaster with open carts, that are said will rock back and forth like real mine carts through quick turns and drops through the Dwarf's mines, and Snow Whites enchanted Forrest. Music and animated chacters will round out this ride. Would have loved this one to have been finished for our trip. But will be a great addition for our next visit.

While we were there Disney Imagineers gave a rare glimpse behind the scenes in behind "Broken" boards 

to allow guest to see the work in progress on the roller coaster.  

I realize the photo has some haze on it due to the plexiglas,  but you can see the workers behind the plexiglas Placing trees, and final details on the ride. While others were working on the track itself

I do apologise for the quality of these photographs, between the weather and the the shooting through the glass these just didn't turn out as well as I had hoped they would. However, I thought something was better than nothing at all. 

Disney's Journey of the Little Mermaid

In the new Fantasy Land you will find Journey of the Little Mermaid. 

This is very popular and the wait will be well over an hour and half, during peek season. I suggest one of two things if you have young children use your fast pass.  If you have 10 and up and plan to be in the park later you can do like we did and wait until after the fireworks, we walked through the queue with no problems or  wait that was longer than 15 minutes. My daughters and I were giggling like little girls the entire time through this ride, it was perfect. Reminded us of when the movie first came out! We definitely enjoyed this ride.

While guest are walking through the queue Scuttle helps Ariel  find gadgets and gizmo's galore.This is an interactive queue and is quite fun to play with.

Once through the queue quest will board clam shells ride to go under the sea with Ariel for a colorful 3-D adventure.

 

The Journey of the Little Mermaid takes guest through several scenes of movie in vivid color,with King Triton,  Ursula, Prince Eric, becoming a human, and marring Prince Eric, as the music from the movie playing in the background to keep your feet moving throughout the ride. 

Cinderella's Fountan~ Crown Cinderella

Cinderella's Fountain 

located behind her Castle on the left in the courtyard

Walk through the castle turn to your left as you exit the castle doors and you will see a bronze Cinderella

fountain on your left in front of Castle Couture

Stand directly in front of Cinderella and curtsy the crown will appear upon Cinderella's head.

My teenage daughters enjoyed doing this. Watching little girls do this was a delight. Their eyes opening wide with joy and excitement pointing up to Cinderella as they saw the crown lower to her head. 

Experience this with girls of all ages.

On our first day I remembered to take the first photograph of the fountain but forgot to take the second while in the curtsy had to take the second one the next night. I actually like this photo much better. 

Disney's Topiaries Your Favorites and Mine

Disney Topiaries‎

  

One of the things I love to see all over Disney are the Topiaries.  If I could take them home with me I would snap one up and put it in my front yard.  Sadly my camera was giving me fits on this day and the majority of these pictures didn't turn out but here are a few of my favorites.  What are your favorite Topiaries in Disney?

Cinderella and Prince Charming ~ 

Epcot Lagoon

Tick Tock The Alligator

in front of England Epcot

Minnie and Mickey Mouse

Right side of Castle Magic Kingdom

TinkerBell

(My Absolute Favorite)

Epcot around the Monorails 

This was two years ago during the 

Flower and Garden Festival

Run Disney's Pasta in the Park

RunDisney's Princess 1/2 Marathon Weekend

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 Offered a Pasta in the park for runners who chose to participate, it included  entry into Epcot @ 7p.m, a pasta dinner buffet that was definitely runner friendly, Character meet and greet with Cinderella~Prince Charming and the Step Sisters.

 Live DJ played legendary music which kept the room jumping and excited for the weekend races to come. Face Painters  were the best I have seen but then again they then they were Disney face painters you expect nothing less. 

To top off the evening RunDisney had with all the WDW style and Magic reserved phenomenal seating for the IllumiNations show.  Although there were clouds in the sky that night. Nothing was able to take away from the beauty of the laser show and the fireworks. 

There is a fee involved to participate in the Pasta in the Park, rest assure it is worth every dime!  The food, wonderful people you meet during the event, the entertainment, and then the fantastic view of the IllumiNations. For the RunDisney